Where They Went

Touki Bouki (1973)

Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty

A young cowherd on a horn-decked motorcycle and a student roam Dakar scheming to raise the fare for a ship to Paris, the city both of them dream of.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Streets of Dakar
    Dakar, Senegal
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screen

    Mory rides his motorcycle through Dakar, meets Anta and the two share their dream of leaving Senegal for Paris.

  2. 2Rich man's villa
    Dakar, Senegal
    ≈ 00:55:00
    Inferred
  3. 3Port of Dakar
    ≈ 01:15:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
5.8 km
Places
2
Countries
1
Stops
3
  • Not shown: 5.8 km
  • Motorcycle: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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